Alpha Chi Registers to Vote

Part of being a responsible member of society means utilizing your voice as a citizen. This can mean anything from sending a letter to your local senator, volunteering on a candidate's campaign, or donating $5 to a campaign. However, the easiest way to have a say in politics is to vote. Voting is a luxury that most people our age take for granted. When we do vote, a lot of times our generation is uneducated and uninformed about different issues facing our country today. Having the right to vote is something that many people in this world don't have. It is important to take advantage of this right especially because the people who are elected to public office will have a huge influence over our daily lives.

Morgan White getting
 registered to vote!

Because of this, I invited the Oregon Student Association to our chapter dinner on Monday, January 30. OSA brought a ton of voter registration forms, and they registered everyone who wasn't already registered to vote. They gave a perfect speech about why it's important to vote in Oregon because, as students, there are many things decided in Salem that affect us as students.

More Alpha Chis
registering to vote!

Having OSA come to our chapter was easy and informative. They were so excited that a Greek house had reached out to them, and they were very impressed at how enthusiastic all of us were to be active members of our community.

For those of you wanted to register in your home state, I have listed some links below to voter registration information in Washington, California, and Colorado:

California: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm

Washington: http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/voterinformation/Pages/RegistertoVote.aspx

Colorado: https://www.sos.state.co.us/Voter/secuRegVoterIntro.do

With a big presidential election coming up this fall, it is very important that as students we utilize our right to vote! Below are some links where you can find facts about the upcoming elections:

POLITICO (Unbiased news about politics and elections): http://www.politico.com/

PolitiFact (Website that does fact checks about statements that candidates make): http://www.politifact.com/

New York Times (Has an amazing campaign and politics section which is updated regularly): http://www.nytimes.com/

Read up about this election and become an educated voter! Thank you to all of you for being so welcoming to OSA and so excited to become voters!

"I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democratic, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, everyone is equal." - Barbara Boxer

LITB,

Chrissy Hardesty